Baby nursing bottle sleeve holder



y 15, 1955 R. c. SEAMAN 2,745,5fi9

BABY NURSING BOTTLE SLEEVE HOLDER Filed May 4, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet l I?INVENTOR.

REIEJERT C. SEAMAN BY ATTUENEY May 15, 1956 R. c. SEAMAN 2,745,559

BABY NURSING BOTTLE SLEEVE HOLDER Filed May 4, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INV EN TOR.

REIEIERT E. SEAMAN BY ATTUENEY United States This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in wrappers for glass bottles and, moreparticularly, to a sanitary protective wrapper for a baby nursingbottle.

In sterilizing bottles such as baby nursing bottles, the bottles areusually placed in the sterilizing apparatus in upside down condition andthen sterilized with very hot water, and after sterilization are removedby hand from the apparatus. Heretofore such removal by hand has beendifficult as the bottles are usually wet and slippery and too hot tograsp by the hand, and if permitted to cool off valuable time is lost.Furthermore, such handling is unsanitary and uneconomical as the bottlesoften fall and break.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide awrap-around protector for baby nursing bottles which can readily beapplied to any exposed cylindrical portion of the bottle when it is in avertical position on a support and which can just as readily be removedfrom the bottle so that it is especially adapted for temporary use.

it is another object of the invention to provide a wraparound protectorfor a baby nursing bottle which permits ready inspection of the bottlewhen held in the hand.

It is a specific object of the invention to provide a wraparoundprotector for a baby nursing bottle which may be made of outer layers ofplastic material enclosing a layer of cork or other insulating material.

Still another object is to provide a flexible protector for a babynursing bottle which may be readily shaped to conform to the outercircumference of the bottle for slidingly fitting the bottle.

It is further proposed to construct a protective wrapper for a babynursing bottle which is simple and durable in construction, sanitary,practical, efficient and which can be manufacture and sold at areasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended clairns in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a baby nursing bottle with aprotective wrapper embodying one form of the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wrapper in fiat spread out condition.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the line 3--3 of Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of a baby nursing bottle with aprotective wrapper embodying a modified form of the invention appliedthereto.

Fig. 5 is a snnilar view taken at right angles to Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the wrapper of Fig. 4 in flat spread outcondition.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a similar view to Fig. l but showing a further modified formof the invention.

atent Fig. 9 is a perspective view'of a baby nursing bottle turnedup-side down with the slip-over protector of Fig. 8 applied thereto.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a still further modified form of theinvention.

The invention is shown in the form of a protective wrapper for a babynursing bottle and it will be so described for simplicity andillustration it. being understood that it may be used for other types ofbottles if desired.

The baby nursing bottle may be of any type of conventional baby bottlehaving a cylindrical hollow body It) and neck 11. The protector is ofthe wrap-around and slip-over type and comprises a rectangular-shapedflexible body 12 having outer layers 13 and 14 and an intermediate layer15. The outer layers 13 and 14 may be of any soft material such as asuitable plastic material and the intermediate layer 15 may be a layerof heat insulating material such as cork or the like. The layers may becemented or stitched together as shown at 12 or otherwise suitablyfastened. An integral tab 16 forms a prolongation of one end of the bodyat its center, said tab supporting a socket snap fastener element 17adapted to engage a stud snap fastener element 18 adjacent the other endof the body for fastening the protective wrapper on to the bottle. Ofcourse other forms of fastening devices may be used.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 to 7 inclusiveopposed side tabs 19 with finger holes 2t} therein are formed on one endof the body 12 and similar opposed tabs 21 with finger holes 22 thereinare formed medial the length of the body. A socket snap fastener element17 at one end of the body is adapted to engage a stud snap fastenerelement 18 at the other end of the body for fastening the wrapper on thebottle. In this form of the invention, whether the bottle is in eitherarr upright or a reverse condition, a tab is convenient and handy forgrasping by the finger of the user for readily lifting the bottle off ofthe sterilizer or other support, without the necessity of touching thebottle with the remaining fingers or hand, and the bottle may be heldaloft for ready inspection.

In all other respects, the form of the invention shown in Figs. 4 to 7is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, and similar reference numerals areused to indicate similar parts.

Bottles, such as the bottles 10, when placed in a sterilizer are usuallyplaced upside down with the major portion of the body of the bottleexposed. It will be seen that the body of the improved wrapper canreadily be slippedover the exposed cylindrical or other shaped portionof the body of the bottle and fastened thereto by the snap fastenerelements. When so positioned on the bottle, the wrapper can be readilygrasped by the hand by enc rcling the hand around it, or a finger can beinserted in a hole in one of the tabs and the bottle lifted oif of thesterilizer or other support and placed down on any desired supportingsurface. The wrapper can be readily removed from the bottle and wrappedaround and used over again on another bottle supported in thesterilizer.

The wrapper can readily be washed and maintained in a sanitarycondition.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the slip-over protector 12 is shown without any tabsand fastening means, with edges 24 and 25 permanently stitched togetherat 26, so that he insulated protector may be slipped over the babynursing bottle for holding the same and to be able to remove the bottlefrom the sterilizing water.

In Fig. 10 the protective slip-over 12 is shown to be made of a singlepiece of heat insulating pliable and resilient plastic tube adapted toslidably and yieldingly fit over a baby nursing bottle.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the' appended claim. V 7

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is: a

A protective wrapper for a baby nursing bottle or the like forfacilitating removal of the same from a sterilizer or the likecomprising an elongated straight-ended pliable body including outerlayers of plastic material and an inner layer of heat insulatingmaterial, fastening means at the ends of the body whereby when the bodyis looped the said ends may be secured together to form a girdle whichmay be wrapped about the bottle, the

' body being of narrow width so that only a minor portion of the bottleis covered by the girdle, and finger engaging means whereby the bottlecan be removed from the sterilizer without contacting the bottle,'saidfinger engaging means comprising a pair of perforated integral tabsextending from opposed edges of the body at the 7 References Cited thefile of this patent v UNITED STATES PATENTS 871,622 Pettee NOV. 19, 19071,635,789 Hyman July 12, 1927 1,939,777 Humboldt Dec, 19, 1933 2,362,020IHOIIOW NOV. 7, 1944 2,389,390 Silverman et al Nov. 20, 1946 2,579,701Ridey et al Dec. 25, 1951 2,651,485 SChlltZ Sept. 8, 1953 I FOREIGNPATENTS 10,807 I Australia May 25, 1928

